Improvement in sewing sweat-linings into hats



Vthe brim and sides of the hat. to two serious objections, viz: First, it has UNITED STATES PATENT OEEroE RUDOLPH EIOKEMEYER, OF YON KERS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING SWEAT-LININGS INTO HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,622, dated October 9, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, RUDOLPH EIGKEMEYER, of Yonkers, in the county ofvI/Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Sewing the Sweat-Linin gs into Hats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speci iication, in which- Figure l is an inverted view of a hat having my invention applied. Fig. 2 is an inverted vertical sectional view ot' one side ot the hat on a larger scale than Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corrcsponding parts in both tgures.

The method heretofore commonly practiced of sewing in the sweat-linings into soft hats is by stitches passing direct-l y through the hat from the inside to the outside, and whipped over the edge ot the band or angle between This is liable been a fruitful cause ofthe staining` ofthe exterior of what is termed the band7 of the hat-that is to say, the part immediately above the brim-with perspiration, which is coilveyed by the capillarity of the sewing-thread from the inside of the hat to that portion of the outside in the angle between the brim and sides, where it is difficult to cover it with the ribbon; second, when the thread is whipped over the edge of the band, or angle between the brim and sides of the hat, the portion so whipped over can, by pulling on the brim of a soft hat, be drawn through or into the material of the hat, and Vso made to elongate the portion passing through the material, and thereby destroy the sharpness of the band, or angle between the brim and sides.

One object of my invention is to prevent the perspiration from being thus conducted by the thread to the exterior ot' the hat, and another object is to make the thread which secures the lining into the hat preserve the sharpness of the angle between the brim and sides, which is so essential to a good appearance of the hat. I

With a view to accomplish these results,

this invention consists in sewing in the sweatlining by stitches which pass through the hat-body diagonally across the angle between the under surface of the brim and the interior surface of the sides without passing twice through the exterior ot the hat-bod y, and without being whipped over the edge of the lining.

To enable others skilled in the art to apply my invention to use, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A is the body of the hat, and B is the sweat` lining. This sweat-lining first has its lower or outer edge turned in, as shown at I), Fig. 2, in the usual manner, and is then turned inside out and laid upon the surface of the brim, close to the angle between the brim and sides, as shown in Fig. 2 in red color, and the sewing in is performed whileit is in this posiL tion, the hat being inverted.

The stitches c c, by which the sewing in is performed, pass right through the turned-in portion ot the lining and diagonally through the angle between the brim and sides of the hat-body, as shown in blue color in Fig. 2, without passing through the exterior surface ot' the hat. This sewing may be performed by either a single-thread or a double-thread machine having any ofthe well-known stitchmakin g contri vannes, with a properly-arran ged work-plate, upon which the hat is supported in a position for the needle to pass through the hat-body diagonally to the brim and sides.

It may be readily understood that the stitches c c, passing through the angle of the brim and sides of the hat, as represented in Fig. 2, will give tirmness to and tend to preserve the shape of that part of the hat.

I am aware that it is not new to sew the lining into the hat by stitches passing diagonally through the angle of the band, as that is done by the sewing-machine which is the subject ot' my Letters Patent' No. 25,078; but in this machine the thread is either whipped over the edges of the lining, making a rough edge, or is taken through the lining at two different points, which is very objectionable.

In View, however, ot these methods of sewing, I cannot here claim, broadly, the sewing in of the lining by stitches passing diagonally JLhrough the band of the hat; but

What I claim as my inventiolgl, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The sewing in of the sweat-lining of a hat by stitches passing once through the lining and through the hat-body diagonally to the brim and sides without being whipped over the edge of the lining7 substantially as herein specified.

y R. EICKEMEYER.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, J. W. CooMBs. 

